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DRAFT OPINION (COM(2025)0946 – C100324/2025 – 2025/0385(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1252

DEVE-PA-785239

Committee on Development · Rapporteur: Marit Maij

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This draft opinion proposes amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act, focusing on risk preparedness for large companies. It calls for conflict-sensitive analysis, stakeholder engagement, and Commission oversight. The amendments require large companies to ensure traceability, take due diligence measures, and engage with local communities and civil society. The Commission may request information and specify mitigation measures, considering European Parliament resolutions.

Committee position. The Committee on Development proposes amendments to strengthen risk preparedness, including conflict-sensitive analysis, stakeholder engagement, and Commission oversight.

Key points

  1. The Commission, not member states, should identify large companies covered by the rules, informed by European Parliament resolutions.
  2. Large companies must ensure traceability of strategic raw materials and take due diligence measures to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, including diversifying supply chains.
  3. Risk assessments should be based on conflict-sensitive and environmental-sensitive analysis, with meaningful stakeholder engagement including local communities and civil society organisations.
  4. Mitigation measures should be based on stakeholder engagement and conflict-sensitive assessment, considering strategic partnerships, cooperation agreements, and Global Gateway projects.
  5. The Commission may request information from large companies on compliance, who must provide it within 30 days.
  6. The Commission should monitor risk preparedness through continued consultation with communities and civil society, informed by European Parliament resolutions.
  7. Applications for strategic projects should ensure they do not fuel conflicts and apply the Do No Significant Harm principle, including in the permitting phase.

Who is affected

  • Large companies using critical raw materials in the EU, who face new traceability, due diligence, and reporting obligations.
  • Local communities and civil society organisations, who are to be consulted in risk assessments and mitigation measures.

Figures and deadlines

  • 30 days: deadline for large companies to provide information requested by the Commission.